Coronavirus pandemic

[Max Rockatansky]

Why are we all talking about Corona when we should be more worried about Plastic Rain?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/forget-acid-rain-plastic-rain-184931724.html

I was looking forward to my epic confrontation with the Murder Hornets, what happened to that?

[Tonytone]

Why are we all talking about Corona when we should be more worried about Plastic Rain?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/forget-acid-rain-plastic-rain-184931724.html

I was looking forward to my epic confrontation with the Murder Hornets, what happened to that?

They Hornets are stuck in Washington due to protests & restrictive travel.

They have allowed the cicadas to come out this year, & have decided to make their cross country trip in 2021.


iPhone

[SSOWorld]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQtM1syENmQ

[Roadgeekteen]

Why are we all talking about Corona when we should be more worried about Plastic Rain?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/forget-acid-rain-plastic-rain-184931724.html

I was looking forward to my epic confrontation with the Murder Hornets, what happened to that?

This year man...

[Max Rockatansky]

Why are we all talking about Corona when we should be more worried about Plastic Rain?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/forget-acid-rain-plastic-rain-184931724.html

I was looking forward to my epic confrontation with the Murder Hornets, what happened to that?

This year man...

Is it this year though?  I've been catching wind of a new "missing time"  conspiracy theory that puts us in 2012.  The crux of the "theory"  is that we are on the middle of the Mayan Apocalypse. 

[Bruce]

Why are we all talking about Corona when we should be more worried about Plastic Rain?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/forget-acid-rain-plastic-rain-184931724.html

I was looking forward to my epic confrontation with the Murder Hornets, what happened to that?

Yay for allowing plastic pollution to become so common in the environment thanks to deregulation.

The murder hornets have not been confirmed further south than Bellingham, WA, but I'll let y'all know if I see one in my area. We were the first place in the U.S. to detect COVID, and we'll probably be the first to have someone stung by a murder hornet.

[GaryV]

Hey Mom, remember when you threatened to slap me into next year?


Can I still take you up on that?

[SSOWorld]

2019 - States banning plastics

2020 - Stores banning reusable bags forcing plastic bags back in.

[Max Rockatansky]

2019 - States banning plastics

2020 - Stores banning reusable bags forcing plastic bags back in.

So you're saying that it wasn't the Charmin Bear behind COVID and really the plastic bag companies? 

[vdeane]

Why are we all talking about Corona when we should be more worried about Plastic Rain?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/forget-acid-rain-plastic-rain-184931724.html

I was looking forward to my epic confrontation with the Murder Hornets, what happened to that?

This year man...

Is it this year though?  I've been catching wind of a new "missing time"  conspiracy theory that puts us in 2012.  The crux of the "theory"  is that we are on the middle of the Mayan Apocalypse. 

Wow, that's a weird one.  I can think of a few critiques:
1. The 11 day jump (for the UK and its colonies) to switch to the Gregorian calendar was to account for the drift from the Julian calendar over the centuries since the date of Easter was standardized - it does not mean the Gregorian year is 11 days shorter than the Julian year.
2. Even if it did, the Mayan calendar is completely separate from both and the apocalypse would take place at the same time in both, whatever day each happened to declare for when it occurred.  Thus, the day of the Mayan apocalypse would NOT be December 21, 2012 on the Julian calendar.
3. If Nibiru was coming to destroy us next week, I'm sure someone would have noticed by now.
4. The Mayans didn't necessarily regard the end of their calendar cycle as an apocalypse.

[US71]

Why are we all talking about Corona when we should be more worried about Plastic Rain?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/forget-acid-rain-plastic-rain-184931724.html

I was looking forward to my epic confrontation with the Murder Hornets, what happened to that?

This year man...

Is it this year though?  I've been catching wind of a new "missing time"  conspiracy theory that puts us in 2012.  The crux of the "theory"  is that we are on the middle of the Mayan Apocalypse. 

Wow, that's a weird one.  I can think of a few critiques:
1. The 11 day jump (for the UK and its colonies) to switch to the Gregorian calendar was to account for the drift from the Julian calendar over the centuries since the date of Easter was standardized - it does not mean the Gregorian year is 11 days shorter than the Julian year.
2. Even if it did, the Mayan calendar is completely separate from both and the apocalypse would take place at the same time in both, whatever day each happened to declare for when it occurred.  Thus, the day of the Mayan apocalypse would NOT be December 21, 2012 on the Julian calendar.
3. If Nibiru was coming to destroy us next week, I'm sure someone would have noticed by now.
4. The Mayans didn't necessarily regard the end of their calendar cycle as an apocalypse.

People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly...time-y wimey...stuff.

[Max Rockatansky]

Why are we all talking about Corona when we should be more worried about Plastic Rain?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/forget-acid-rain-plastic-rain-184931724.html

I was looking forward to my epic confrontation with the Murder Hornets, what happened to that?

This year man...

Is it this year though?  I've been catching wind of a new "missing time"  conspiracy theory that puts us in 2012.  The crux of the "theory"  is that we are on the middle of the Mayan Apocalypse. 

Wow, that's a weird one.  I can think of a few critiques:
1. The 11 day jump (for the UK and its colonies) to switch to the Gregorian calendar was to account for the drift from the Julian calendar over the centuries since the date of Easter was standardized - it does not mean the Gregorian year is 11 days shorter than the Julian year.
2. Even if it did, the Mayan calendar is completely separate from both and the apocalypse would take place at the same time in both, whatever day each happened to declare for when it occurred.  Thus, the day of the Mayan apocalypse would NOT be December 21, 2012 on the Julian calendar.
3. If Nibiru was coming to destroy us next week, I'm sure someone would have noticed by now.
4. The Mayans didn't necessarily regard the end of their calendar cycle as an apocalypse.

The gist of what I read made the assumption that the calendar year was 11 days shorter than it had been which is a well established to be incorrect.  The concept of the Mayan Calendar being the end of time is a modern invention, essentially it just would have started over. 

[Brandon]

Why are we all talking about Corona when we should be more worried about Plastic Rain?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/forget-acid-rain-plastic-rain-184931724.html

I was looking forward to my epic confrontation with the Murder Hornets, what happened to that?

This year man...

Is it this year though?  I've been catching wind of a new "missing time"  conspiracy theory that puts us in 2012.  The crux of the "theory"  is that we are on the middle of the Mayan Apocalypse. 

Wow, that's a weird one.  I can think of a few critiques:
1. The 11 day jump (for the UK and its colonies) to switch to the Gregorian calendar was to account for the drift from the Julian calendar over the centuries since the date of Easter was standardized - it does not mean the Gregorian year is 11 days shorter than the Julian year.
2. Even if it did, the Mayan calendar is completely separate from both and the apocalypse would take place at the same time in both, whatever day each happened to declare for when it occurred.  Thus, the day of the Mayan apocalypse would NOT be December 21, 2012 on the Julian calendar.
3. If Nibiru was coming to destroy us next week, I'm sure someone would have noticed by now.
4. The Mayans didn't necessarily regard the end of their calendar cycle as an apocalypse.

People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly...time-y wimey...stuff.

[Max Rockatansky]

Why are we all talking about Corona when we should be more worried about Plastic Rain?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/forget-acid-rain-plastic-rain-184931724.html

I was looking forward to my epic confrontation with the Murder Hornets, what happened to that?

This year man...

Is it this year though?  I've been catching wind of a new "missing time"  conspiracy theory that puts us in 2012.  The crux of the "theory"  is that we are on the middle of the Mayan Apocalypse. 

Wow, that's a weird one.  I can think of a few critiques:
1. The 11 day jump (for the UK and its colonies) to switch to the Gregorian calendar was to account for the drift from the Julian calendar over the centuries since the date of Easter was standardized - it does not mean the Gregorian year is 11 days shorter than the Julian year.
2. Even if it did, the Mayan calendar is completely separate from both and the apocalypse would take place at the same time in both, whatever day each happened to declare for when it occurred.  Thus, the day of the Mayan apocalypse would NOT be December 21, 2012 on the Julian calendar.
3. If Nibiru was coming to destroy us next week, I'm sure someone would have noticed by now.
4. The Mayans didn't necessarily regard the end of their calendar cycle as an apocalypse.

People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly...time-y wimey...stuff.

That's all any of us need right now is Weeping Angels.  Blink and your dead!

[wxfree]

Why are we all talking about Corona when we should be more worried about Plastic Rain?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/forget-acid-rain-plastic-rain-184931724.html

I was looking forward to my epic confrontation with the Murder Hornets, what happened to that?

This year man...

Is it this year though?  I've been catching wind of a new "missing time"  conspiracy theory that puts us in 2012.  The crux of the "theory"  is that we are on the middle of the Mayan Apocalypse. 

Wow, that's a weird one.  I can think of a few critiques:
1. The 11 day jump (for the UK and its colonies) to switch to the Gregorian calendar was to account for the drift from the Julian calendar over the centuries since the date of Easter was standardized - it does not mean the Gregorian year is 11 days shorter than the Julian year.
2. Even if it did, the Mayan calendar is completely separate from both and the apocalypse would take place at the same time in both, whatever day each happened to declare for when it occurred.  Thus, the day of the Mayan apocalypse would NOT be December 21, 2012 on the Julian calendar.
3. If Nibiru was coming to destroy us next week, I'm sure someone would have noticed by now.
4. The Mayans didn't necessarily regard the end of their calendar cycle as an apocalypse.

The gist of what I read made the assumption that the calendar year was 11 days shorter than it had been which is a well established to be incorrect.  The concept of the Mayan Calendar being the end of time is a modern invention, essentially it just would have started over.

The end of the Mayan calendar is their version of December 31.  It isn't the end of the world, it's just time to start a new calendar.

[Duke87]

Why are we all talking about Corona when we should be more worried about Plastic Rain?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/forget-acid-rain-plastic-rain-184931724.html

I was looking forward to my epic confrontation with the Murder Hornets, what happened to that?

Yay for allowing plastic pollution to become so common in the environment thanks to deregulation.

I mean, dust blowing about the atmosphere and being flushed out whenever it rains is a natural phenomenon that has been happening for as long as there has been rain.

That some of that dust is now made of plastic is certainly interesting, but is this actually consequential to the functioning of ecosystems in any way? The clickbaity article of course wants you to jump to the conclusion that it is. And I'm not saying it isn't, but this hasn't been addressed.

[Brandon]

That's all any of us need right now is Weeping Angels.  Blink and your dead!

Well, it is 2020...

[Scott5114]

Has anyone on the forum tested positive for covid, or know someone who has?

I have only so far met one person who has, a coworker who had it at the beginning of May but recovered before work reopened. She didn't have any of the stereotypical symptoms, just a crippling fatigue.

One of my coworkers went home halfway through Saturday night's shift with sudden onset of what could be covid symptoms (muscle soreness, shortness of breath). I'm alarmed because he came over to my house Thursday afternoon, so it's likely that if he has it, I do too.

[Truvelo]

Has anyone on the forum tested positive for covid, or know someone who has?

Whilst not actually been tested I believe myself, mom+dad have had it. Last December he was admitted to hospital with pneumonia. At around the same time mom lost her sense of taste and smell which is still not fully back to normal. As I am in close contact with them if they had it then it's almost certain I have too but I didn't display any symptoms. Although December is well before official cases were recorded outside China it is generally believed the virus was already in circulation overseas before the end of the year.

[1995hoo]

Has anyone on the forum tested positive for covid, or know someone who has?

....

Our 17-year-old nephew in Florida tested positive in March and has since tested positive four more times. He's never shown any symptoms (the reason he was originally tested is that his father, who is a fireman, seemed to be showing symptoms so they tested the whole family, but only their son was positive).

[hotdogPi]

It seems like everywhere in the United States is getting a wave once and only once. Originally the Northeast plus Louisiana, then the Midwest plus Maine, then the Southeast plus California, and now it's the places that have had very few so far (AK, HI, MT, VT, OR) plus Arizona. Nobody seems to be getting it twice except possibly Louisiana. (The initial breakout in Washington wasn't large enough to count as one since it was so early.)

[Max Rockatansky]

Has anyone on the forum tested positive for covid, or know someone who has?

I have only so far met one person who has, a coworker who had it at the beginning of May but recovered before work reopened. She didn't have any of the stereotypical symptoms, just a crippling fatigue.

One of my coworkers went home halfway through Saturday night's shift with sudden onset of what could be covid symptoms (muscle soreness, shortness of breath). I'm alarmed because he came over to my house Thursday afternoon, so it's likely that if he has it, I do too.

Some of my Wife's coworkers have tested positive at a mental health facility.  A couple of her family members were tested and came back negative.  My cousin was tested but came back negative also. 

[Ben114]

Has anyone on the forum tested positive for covid, or know someone who has?

A classmate of mine tested positive along with his parents and siblings. (The father is a doctor working with COVID patients.) They were able to recover without hospitalization.

[SectorZ]

It seems like everywhere in the United States is getting a wave once and only once. Originally the Northeast plus Louisiana, then the Midwest plus Maine, then the Southeast plus California, and now it's the places that have had very few so far (AK, HI, MT, VT, OR) plus Arizona. Nobody seems to be getting it twice except possibly Louisiana. (The initial breakout in Washington wasn't large enough to count as one since it was so early.)

That's the strangest thing about it. It's bizarre seeing hundreds of people get together and there be no positive cases out of it in one place, and then another a huge chunk of people will have it. We've now had weeks of protests, mostly in cities that had the larger waves it, and next to nothing for a spike in cases.

Also, someone I know how works in a hospital in Massachusetts, can confirm the state's reporting of how many hospitalized, in ICU, and ventilated currently is a complete lie (the numbers reported are higher than actuality).

[jeffandnicole]

It seems like everywhere in the United States is getting a wave once and only once. Originally the Northeast plus Louisiana, then the Midwest plus Maine, then the Southeast plus California, and now it's the places that have had very few so far (AK, HI, MT, VT, OR) plus Arizona. Nobody seems to be getting it twice except possibly Louisiana. (The initial breakout in Washington wasn't large enough to count as one since it was so early.)

That's the strangest thing about it. It's bizarre seeing hundreds of people get together and there be no positive cases out of it in one place, and then another a huge chunk of people will have it. We've now had weeks of protests, mostly in cities that had the larger waves it, and next to nothing for a spike in cases.

It comes down to testing. If they sense they have it and decide to stay home without being officially tested, they're not going to be counted.  Protesters especially probably aren't going to admit they were protesting, so even if they decide to get tested they will most likely blame it on another, vague reason. There are people that have to get tested due to work, or are fearful of the virus and get tested, and ultimately some of them will actually be found positive. 

Also, someone I know how works in a hospital in Massachusetts, can confirm the state's reporting of how many hospitalized, in ICU, and ventilated currently is a complete lie (the numbers reported are higher than actuality).

Hopefully that person is reporting her suspicions to the proper supervisors and administrators. 

While I say that in jest, there have been so many rumors of some people claiming the numbers are underreported, and other people claiming the numbers are over reported, that the true number is probably close to what's being reported anyway.